RUST magazine: Rust#2

imagine, and its tractability, reserves of
power and unstoppable nature will probably
suit the sort of rider that likes to clock up
decent mileages on a Sunday. I probably
wouldn’t have enjoyed it quite so much
had the course been considerably more
technical, but actually on those slightly
trickier parts of the course we were riding,
it breezed through because the torque it
provides allows you to be incredibly delicate
with the throttle and still maintain momentum.
Congratulations to KTM for realising
that a 500 doesn’t need to be intimidating,
it needs to be unstoppable, and this bike is
as near to that as it’s possible to get. One
final thought, the 500 felt the smoothest
of all these bikes both in terms of power
delivery and engine smoothness overall.
Once again that might be consideration if
you’re taking one long distance…
Warren Malschinger
My overwhelming thought on attending the
2016 KTM launch is the responsibility to
translate the privilege of being able to ride
so many different models back to back.
While all the bikes began on stock settings
the guys at KTM had a team on hand to
make minor adjustments to suspension,
controls, bars etc, to suit each rider’s
preferences. I rode each bike stock to give
me a benchmark, first on the machines
themselves and then against each other.
I rode all the bikes in the following order:
350F, 450F, 300, 500F, 250, 200, 125, 250F.